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FORMER HOSTAGE Amit Soussana, who endured sexual violence while in captivity after she was kidnapped on October 7 in the Hamas attack, is flanked by US First Lady Melania Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as she receives the International Women of Courage Award at the State Department.

The #metoo movement never extended to Jewish, Israeli women

By ALIZA PILICHOWSKI

ARCCI CEO Orit Sulitzeanu at the Jerusalem Post 2025 Women Leaders Summit.

The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel leading the Battle against sexual violence

By Ronnie Rosenman , In collaboration with the ARCCI

A flag of Cyprus flies on a vessel of the Port and Marine Police in Ayia Napa Marina, Cyprus December 6, 2023.

Cyprus court acquits five Israeli men of 2023 gang rape charges

By JOANIE MARGULIES

Members of Or Tamid, an advocacy group in Frankfurt for survivors of sexual abuse, from left to right, Haleli Shomer Shalom, Roglit Ishay, Daniela Shemer and Niels Gerhardt.

Frankfurt’s Jewish community launches its own sexual abuse hotline amid crises and pressure

By TOBY AXELROD/JTA

Orit Sulitzeanu, executive director of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel

“The needs of the country are not as important as the needs of the private person”

By ALAN ROSENBAUM

Released hostage Ilana Gritzewsky, 31, who is originally from Mexico, kidnapped with her boyfriend during the deadly October 7, 2023 attack by Hamas, speaks as supporters and relatives of hostages held in Gaza gather in front of the White House, ahead of a Trump-Netanyahu meeting, February 4, 2025.

'Half-naked, terrified, surrounded by gunmen': Ex-hostage recalls abduction to Gaza

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

A courtroom (illustrative)

Israeli indicted for posing as woman to orchestrate child sex crimes

American Airlines

US flight attendant pleads guilty to recording minors in airplane bathroom

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Sexual harassment dictionary snip; illustrative

IDF reservist indicted for sexual offenses against female soldier

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Women activists hold a banner in support of an allegedly raped British person outside the courthouse in Paralimni, Cyprus October 5, 2023.

Ayia Napa gang rape: EU human rights court finds UK woman faced unfair investigation

View of a DNA kit during a press conference at La Rochelle tribunal, western France, on April 14, 2014; illustrative.

Knesset slam delay in rape kit preservation law

The seal of the US Justice Department is seen on the podium in the Department's headquarters briefing room before a news conference with the Attorney General in Washington, January 24, 2023.

US indicts neo-Nazis accused of running online child sexual exploitation ring

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

Newly appointed Police Commissioner Daniel Levi at the Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem May 9, 2024.

Rape crisis centers: Police gave Eyal Golan special treatment

Eilat Women's Festival advertisement

Women should feel safe and supported in spaces intended for them

By JPOST EDITORIAL

Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Georgia Republican Party convention in Columbus, Georgia, US June 10, 2023.

Appeals court upholds $5 million verdict against Trump in sexual abuse case

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Directors' Forum demands Women's Festival cancel Eyal Golan's performance

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Israeli artist Eyal Golan performs at Bloomfield Stadium, in Tel Aviv. June 13, 2024.

'My only sin was being a fan': Eyal Golan's alleged victim reveals details of sexual exploitation

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Rabbis must stop defending child molesters, instead of those sexually abused - opinion

By RABBI ZVI GLUCK